On Sun, Nov 30, 1997 at 01:48:38PM -0500, James A. Treacy wrote: > Thanks for using NetForward! > http://www.netforward.com > v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v > > > I'm taking over maintaining the linux-gazette packages from Christian > > Schwarz, and I would prefer to just have /usr/doc/lg/copyright, rather than > > having one in each /usr/doc/lg-issueXX directory. There will not be anything > > else in /usr/doc/lg-issueXX as the issues are installed in /usr/doc/lg. > > > > This seems the most reasonable to me, as it saves having sixteen > > directories. I've just looked at the X stuff and it has loads of > > directories, each with a copyright file in it. Hmmm. > > > I'm surprised that there isn't a single directory, /usr/doc/lg, that contains > all the issues. If people feel that it would be an abuse of policy not > to have a /usr/doc entry for each issue, then simply make them a soft link > into /usr/doc/lg.
I'd forgotten that I'll have to have seperate changelogs for each package anyway, so the original post is a bit void. I was basically have a quick swipe at the policy for being very rigid: (policy 5.6) Every package must be accompanied by a verbatim copy of its copyright and distribution license in the file /usr/doc/<package-name>/copyright. This file must neither be compressed nor be a symbolic link. however I missed the third paragraph which says: /usr/doc/<package-name> may be a symbolic link to a directory in /usr/doc only if two packages both come from the same source and the first package has a "Depends" relationship on the second. These rules are important because copyrights must be extractable by mechanical means. which is *almost* what I wanted - it only allows symlinking the /usr/doc/<package-name> directory, not any file inside it. Cheers Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Debian Linux - www.debian.org http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett | Because bloated, unstable PGP key available on public key servers | operating systems are from MS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .